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. 1994 Mar;28(1):22–24. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.28.1.22

Should an athlete eat straight after training?--A study of intestinal transit time and its relationship to prior exercise.

D Scott 1, B Scott 1
PMCID: PMC1332152  PMID: 8044487

Abstract

The mouth-to-caecum transit time of food was measured using the rise in breath hydrogen after a standard breakfast of baked beans on two occasions in seven healthy volunteers. The first occasion was after resting and the second after moderate exercise on a bicycle ergometer. There was no significant difference between the transit times with or without prior exercise. It is concluded that moderate exercise taken before food does not interfere with transit time and therefore should not in that way interfere with nutrition.

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